Gus’s Solar in Virginia
Gus’s Solar brings owner-operated solar installation to Virginia homeowners who are tired of wondering who will actually show up on their roof. Gus Petrakis puts his own name on every truck, quotes real year-25 savings off your actual utility bill, and tells you to take two weeks before you sign anything. As part of the Locally family, every Gus’s Solar job across Virginia carries our founding promise: the owner’s name, a local address, and a license you can look up before you ever pick up the phone. No out-of-state sales crew, no disappearing act after the panels go live, no quote that changes when the truck pulls in.
Why Virginia Homeowners Choose Gus’s Solar
Virginia homeowners between 50 and 70 have heard the same story too many times: a smooth voice on the phone, a knock at the door, and suddenly the numbers do not match. Gus Petrakis built his company the opposite way. He will hand you his cell, walk your roof himself, and build your quote off the actual kilowatt-hours you paid for last August, not a brochure estimate. His 90-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every solar job, and if something is not right, one call brings Gus back, not a ticketing queue.
That matters in Virginia, where a solar system is a 25-year relationship, not a one-day sale. Gus monitors your production after install, and when something underperforms, he is the one who calls you. His crew is background-checked, uniformed, and his own, not handed off to a sub who has never seen your roof. They flash every penetration properly because Gus’s name is on the truck that your neighbors will see.
The equipment speaks for itself: Tesla, Enphase, SolarEdge, SunPower, Panasonic, Qcells, REC, Canadian Solar, JinkoSolar, and FranklinWH. But the real difference is the conversation. No signature wanted tonight. No pressure to decide before the “installer special” expires. Gus tells you to talk to your accountant, check the math, ask anyone on your street. He lives twenty minutes away from the communities he serves, and he is going to run into you again at the hardware store, which is the oldest accountability mechanism there is.
When you call, a live person answers, 24 hours a day. No after-hours voicemail, no call center three states away, no “leave a message and we will get back to you.” The price you are quoted is the price you pay, period. No charge for showing up, no charge for the second look, no charge for Gus making it right if it is not done right the first time.
Backed by the Locally Family
Locally started in 1997 when Ward Selby, a retired county extension agent, got tired of hearing the same story: out-of-state plates, a quote that tripled at the door, and a phone number that stopped working. He wrote down what a homeowner could verify in five minutes: a local area code that a person answers, an address you can drive to, the owner’s name and face, and a license number you can look up. Gus’s Solar meets that standard exactly. The L.O.C.A.L. code is how we operate: Local roots, On time, Community first, Accountable, Loyal. We would rather keep you for twenty years than win one big ticket. Every Gus’s Solar installation across Virginia carries that promise, stamped in writing, backed by a family of owner-operators who answer to their neighbors, not to a boardroom.
Written by Gus Petrakis, Owner at Gus’s Solar, serving Virginia as part of the Locally family since 2011.